Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM) Competitors

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NYSE:NIM) and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NQP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NIM or NQP?

Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund received 104 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	Outperform Votes 104 65.41%	Underperform Votes 55 34.59%

Which has more volatility & risk, NIM or NQP?

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NIM or NQP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NIM or NQP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer NIM or NQP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NIM or NQP?

32.2% of Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NIM or NQP a better dividend stock?

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Does the media favor NIM or NQP?

In the previous week, Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund and Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund's score of 1.54 indicating that Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.